The Osceola times., 1887-04-30
Osceela Rain Drops.

Quite . number of our Osceols
people attended the Memphis race,
during the week.
A. fast - law is devised, their
evasion is contrivcd.
If you have q storm cave abou,
yosr premises, always be sure you
get TO 1t before the storm does.
Misfortune, wood and hair, &, ow
throughout the year.
The contract for repairing the
Ladiss' Aid Hall, damaged by the
cyclone, was let to Mr.. P. Feesor.
Flatterers are cats that lick before
aad scratch behind.
Only two weeks until Circuit
Court. Friends, bring an extra dol.
lsr and subscribe for the TINES.
He who is Judge between two
friends, loses one OF them.
We haven't heard word about
. May.day celebration yet. Are the
young folks all dead on their feet
Make yourself an ass, and every
one will lay his sack on you.
1T 10 reported that Mrs. G. W.
Thomason, Of Memphis, u very dan.
gsrossly III, aud not expected to
recover.
II . man would know what he Is,
lot him anger bis nsighbors.
To-day ends the turkey shoot.
ing, and the game law will nov be
In full force until next September.
Put away your reech-loadere, boys,
until the summer ducks get ripe.
A clean mouth and an honest hand
will take q man through any land.
"A new disease, some sort of q
brain iever, which battles the skill oi
tie local physicians, has broken out
In Pemiscot county, Mo-, and the
afflicted arc being buried At . live.
j rate.
Il is . bad hen that lays in the
nsighbors houses. y
Mr.. ". Vaughn went out three
norniags this week and killed Eve
Turkeys; and Dr.. D. redeemed his
reputation as . turkey killer by 60.
ing three mornings and killing one
turkey.
Speak little, speak truth. Spend
little, pay cash.
Renewals this week: Mr. A c.
Bowen, Mr.. J. r. Cooper, and Mr..
James II. Hamilton, Osceols. New
subscriber: Mrs. NJ. L. McGes, by
v. v. Bertt, Blandsville, KY; Miss
Alice Watkins, BY Mr.. John Waller,
White Pine, Tenn.
-Mr. John c. Brickey, Sr., Of
Cli1, No., arrived last Tuesday, on
. visit to his sons, the Mess. Brirkey
Brothes. he came around by way
Of Marianna, where he called on his
son Peter Brickey. lie leaves to.
day for home, Cliff.
Who falls short in the head, must
be lcng in the heels.
We again call the attention Of
the School Directors throughout the
county, that notices Of the Annual
School Meeting should be posted up
at once. II you have no blanks,
make immediate application to the
County Examiner, who will take
pleasure in supplying you. Don's
neglect your duty.
DIR. Dunavant no doubt thought
he had turned the joke on the editor
when be learned that he too had
gone out with Mr.. Vaughn turkey
hunting last Monday, and lugged
home q big fat turkey gobbler that \
Mr.. Vaughn had killed. The Doc
Tor is very much mistaken if he be.
lieves be is the only man who can
catch on" the easiest way to pro.
ride his table with turkey meat.
Don't cry, "IIurrs" till you are
over the ditch.
Mr.. 8. F. Meyers, one Of our
sturdy, substantial farmer friends
vent Gown to Memphis this week.
rhis, we learn, is Mr.. Meyers first
'isit to the Bluff city since the war. Il
1t that time, it is related, when ap.
lying for pass, which was requir.
d BY the military authorities, in or.
er TO return home, and on being "a
aterrogsted by a "dapper clerk T" y
o became 90 much confused and v,
Embarrassed that he declared "he'd vi
Q blarsted IL be ever come to Mem I'd
his again' Why" he added after a tn
auce, "whst would my wife, sallie, tn
y il she knew l was ia this fx."
Prohibition is the one and only a
'medy for most Of tho crime, in. n
unity and pauperism that now curse
70 world. pe
--Prof. Hoyt, whose term Of SCHOOL,
VI expire in q few weeks, says, du.